Chelsea Clinton engaged to Marc Mezvinsky: "We’re sorry for the mass e-mail but we wanted to wish everyone a
belated Happy Thanksgiving! We also wanted to share that we are
engaged! We didn’t get married this past summer despite the stories to
the contrary, but we are looking toward next summer and hope you all
will be there to celebrate with us."

AP: civil union vs marriage debate is back. "Dan Hawes, the head organizer for the National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force, agrees that it makes sense to seek even limited legal
protections in states where gay people have none, but disagrees that
fighting for marriage has detracted from that work. 'It's not that these fights are mutually exclusive of each other, so
that's why we don't think it makes sense to negotiate against
ourselves,' Hawes said."

Salt Lake Tribuneprofiles transgender cop in Bountiful, Utah: "Although some employees have
trouble remembering to use masculine pronouns, Bountiful Police Chief
Tom Ross says, 'everyone's done a great job of accepting Kerry and
staying focused on why we're here in the first place.'"

Soup Cans talks to newscaster Jane Velez-Mitchell: "My coming out as gay has not only NOT negatively
impacted my career, it’s actually been a plus! People love it when you
reveal yourself for who you really are. The fact is most people are
pretty much obsessed with themselves so they don’t really care who you
fall in love with. All the fear I had about coming out was
self-generated. The sky didn’t fall down. The sun came up the next
morning. Eureka!"

New worry for gay men with HIV? "A rare parasitic disease, which normally only is transmitted by
contaminated water, has been shown to be transmitted by gay sex between
hiv-positive men. In the industrial world the disease is virtually
absent, but from now on that could change."

Mormon leadership not signed on to anti-gay Manhattan Declaration: "So where are the Mormon representatives on this illustrious list? Are
they truly backing off their longstanding opposition to gay civil
rights?"

Bionic eye: Blind man sees for first time in 30 years. "The images I see move and that takes a bit of getting used to, but I
can see cars - they look like cotton wool. It's exciting to be part of
the trial."

Comments

Note to Andy: A little less Sarah Palin advertising would be nice. Getting kinda tired of seeing that hags face plastered all over Towleroad.

Rad

Posted by: Rad | Nov 30, 2009 3:03:11 PM

I have another theory on the overshooting pilots - they were engaged in a mile-high club exercise - having sex together in flight. It's a more plausible explanation than reviewing work schedules on laptops.

Posted by: Jim | Nov 30, 2009 3:59:06 PM

Jane Valez who? The Burj Dubai is vile looking, as are all of the buildings the lead architect has designed. And in dubai's failing economy, a big mistakey.

Delurking to say, Yay for barihunks! I've been waiting for mention of these singers on Towleroad. Mariusz Kwiecien (who is gay also) is my favorite! Loved King Roger from Paris where he's in sheer white boxers for almost the entire performance. Can't wait for HIS Escamillo at the Met. Four words: TIGHT PANTS NO UNDERWEAR!

Jake Gyllenhaal needs to check his fauxmance contract to see if he's single or not.

Posted by: Mike | Nov 30, 2009 7:51:01 PM

Hey, Jim. My girlfriend says the same thing. The Mile High Club exprience, but I doubt they're gonna come clean. Makes you wonder.

Posted by: Tom B | Nov 30, 2009 11:22:51 PM

Re: those Polar bears. As one of the White Trash Princess's fans said while waiting to buy her book in Ohio last week: "Let's get them off the endangered species List" so the oil drilling can commence. It looks as if natural events will take care of that.

Posted by: gregorybrown | Dec 1, 2009 9:30:45 AM

Kiri TeKanawa and Bryn Terfel's NON-operatic work aside, I've never understood the whole Opera Queen thing. But with barihunks I'm beginning to understand!